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CITY OF ISLES BEACH | 23 DPROJECT APPROACH This equips us with a unique advantage because our expertise extends far beyond our local, respective markets. As an employee-owned firm, our multi-faceted profession- als are enthusiastic to work alongside clients to design energized and inspired environments where people thrive. IA’s ESOP program is a demonstrated way of affirming the confidence that the firm has in its professionals to represent our organization at the highest level while also providing accountability to our clients that they are going to get the best out of their team because exceeding expectations is to everyone’s benefit. Our professionals are deeply client- focused, always willing to resolve complex issues, and yet have fun on projects as well as amongst each other. We strive to bring joy to clients through our work. IA celebrates those who consistently strive to ensure a dynamic workplace. IA rewards contributions to design and quality improvement across our firm, including through a firmwide design committee and IAct awards. IA’s design committee’s mission is to lead growth through design, develop design thinking inclusive of all skill lev- els, share innovations and collective knowledge, and challenge the status quo. The committee organizes an annual, internal Design Awards program that promotes innovation through competition, bi-annual panel dis- cussion in each office to shift the conversation and com- pile firmwide research, and an annual Design Forum and process retooling to continuously evolve our processes. Its holistic, innovative approach ensures IA builds better pro- cesses and thought leadership for delivering design. IA’s IAct Committee organizes an annual excellence awards program where staff nominate their peers for leadership, service, and innovation, as well as recognizing the “ris- ing stars.” As the importance of establishing positive work- place culture permeates among our clients, IA proudly rec- ognizes our staff’s outstanding work and service. IA’s philanthropic committee, IAReach, to further IA’s commitment to people, culture, and innovation. We link corporate citizenship with community needs through pri- vate initiatives for public good. We invest our resources back into the communities in which our office(s) thrives. To do this, we unite all IA offices through this philanthropic effort. We cross-train our professionals so that each team mem- ber understands how each of the elements of the built envi- ronment coalesces to create a unified whole. This train- ing improves their skills in managing clients, projects and empowers them to apply new technologies to solve prob- lems. Pinnacle Series is a productivity platform that allows all IA staff members to have real-time training for work- flows, technology tools, and content searches. It enables employees to access, learn, and improve processes, pro- duction, and information for each project in the most effi- cient way. An IAedu committee offers monthly lunch-and- learns for industry topics, and IA contributes to our staff’s continuing education, and IIDA, AIA, LEED, and WELL accreditations. Our IAmp committee pares firm leaders with evolving staff for mentorship opportunities. Innovation is a cornerstone of IA's design philosophy. Our professionals are thinkers, evaluators, debaters, research- ers, etc. Their creative solutions to solving problems within budget and schedule parameters have impressed clients time and again. A building needs to do more than house an organization. It needs to support, grow, nurture, and empower. To achieve such demanding goals, IA creates architectural solutions that reduce occupancy costs, pro- vide maximum flexibility and support worker productivity. It is a future-forward architectural philosophy that extends beyond the fixed structure to respond to evolving mar- ket conditions, changing organizational missions, culture mergers and unforeseen workforce needs. It incorporates adaptability, creativity, and responsiveness to enhance performance.